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    The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles
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    The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles

    Written by Paul B. Janeczko

    Narrated by Ron Butler

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    About this audiobook

    Finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults! From clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage, Paul B. Janeczko uncovers two centuries’ worth of true spy stories in U.S. history. (Ages 12 and up)

    Ever since George Washington used them to help topple the British, spies and their networks have helped and hurt America at key moments in history. In this fascinating collection, Paul B. Janeczko probes such stories as that of Elizabeth Van Lew, an aristocrat whose hatred of slavery drove her to be one of the most successful spies in the Civil War; the "Choctaw code talkers," Native Americans who were instrumental in sending secret messages during World War I; the staggering engineering behind a Cold War tunnel into East Berlin to tap Soviet phones (only to be compromised by a Soviet mole); and many more famous and less-known examples. Colorful personalities, daring missions, the feats of the loyal, and the damage of traitors are interspersed with a look at the technological advances that continue to change the rules of gathering intelligence.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMar 19, 2019
    ISBN9781721365333
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    The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles
    Author

    Paul B. Janeczko

    Paul B. Kaneczko has been a writer, poet, speaker, and teacher and has edited numerous distinguished anthologies for young people, including Poetspeak, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, the ALA Notable book, The Place My Words Are Looking For, and Poetry from A to Z: A Guide for Young Writers. His third book of poetry is That Sweet Diamond: Baseball Poems. He lives in Hebron, Maine, with his wife, Nadine, and their daughter, Emma.

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    • 3/5
      Provides an account of spies involved with the United States from the Revolutionary War in the late 1770s to moles of the CIA and FBI in the 2000s. I found it a bit harder to get through since there wasn't any one story to really follow, and think I might have enjoyed a work focusing solely on one person or group more, or even more descriptions of gadgetry. I found the story of the U-2 stealth plane interesting, as well as the account of Virginia Hall, aka the "Limpin' Lady". However, I think that only adolescents interested in espionage or working on a book report on it would be interested in the book; it's somewhere between a textbook and a series of small biographies.
    • 4/5
      Award-winning poet and storyteller Paul Janeczko explores his fascination with the shadowy world of espionage throughout history. This collection of true spy stories includesGeneral Washington's network that helped win the American Revolutionary War, Elizabeth Van Lew's intelligence gathering during the Civil War, Mata Hari the double agent, and the incredible engineering involved in digging a tunnel into East Berlin during the Cold War. Profiles of colorful persoanalities, daring missions, the feats of the loyal and the damage of traitors and moles are interspersed with information about the technological advances such as cyber espionage that continue to change the rules of gathering intelligence. Cryptology basics and other intelligence-gathering techniques are revisited but the main focus is on the spies themselves. The intriguing mysteries will draw in avid and reluctant readers alike , and the appended source notes and bibliography will bolster the curricular appeal.
    • 4/5
      The book was about the many spies the world has seen. From the 1700's Benedict Arnold to the Cold Wars attemp to sabatage Soviet on the Berlin wall. During war they need anything to get the advatage so these spies risk there lives go throught sever training to serve their country. It tells of a Nazi plan to unite with Mexico and capture America. A sabatage on America during WWII and the gut turning tales of war. Benadict Arnold the worlds most infamous traitor and the details of his trechary. The many attempts to sabatage the Soviet territory in the Cold War. This book is great.This book is a good true story novel. It shows the risk of being a spy. The author got great in the details and really showed the real world of spy's. Not just the 007 movies but the stories that inspired the movies. This is a great story about the spies and what they do in the real world. This is a good reference in studing spys and the influeced the world. The secret life of spys is shown in this book. I would enchorage you to read it.
    • 4/5
      Teenage spy thrillers like the Alex Rider and Cherub series are always popular -- everyone loves the action, danger and derring-do in those stories! Paul Janeczko has researched and collected the stories of American spies through history, from the Revolutionary War days up to modern times. Did you know that George Washington, First President, was also our First Spymaster? It was his ability to recruit and use spies that gave him the information he needed to win battles, and eventually the war! During the Civil War, some of the most successful spies were women and African Americans, including Harriet Tubman. I love that this isn't just a story of various spies -- it's also about the ways they encoded information and got that information to their contacts. The right kind of underwear hanging on a clothesline was a signal for one spy! Janeczko includes the story of invisible ink, and how official ID papers and money for spies had to be aged so they would be believable. The history of secret codes includes the American soldiers who created the first unbreakable secret code during World War I, using their native Choctaw language. World War II featured Navajo codetalkers, who followed in their footsteps. Spy cameras, hidden listening devices, and secret tunnels all get a turn in this book too! Exciting storytelling with rich detail, historical photos and images of spy-related primary source documents make this a fascinating trip through many secretive events and people in our history. Strong 6th grade readers and up.
    • 4/5
      A good follow-up to Top Secret, his book about secret codes, Janeczko writes with great enthusiasm about spies and spying from the American Revolution through the Cold War.
    • 4/5
      This book was a fantastic review of different spies both for and against the U.S. throughout history from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War. The book has many different sub-sections in each chapter that highlight certain people or groups. It also has great examples of different methods of code used (invisible ink, codebooks, ciphers, etc). I thought I would learn a little bit about certain spies, but I learned so much more. Well worth the read.